The dispute between the sides over the legality of the armed presence in the Georgian-controlled upper part of the Valley continued, with the Abkhaz side maintaining that the armed personnel were troops and therefore constituted a violation of the 1994 Moscow Agreement, and the Georgian side asserting that they were border guards and local reservists, which were not prohibited by the Agreement.
Prosiguió la controversia entre ambas partes acerca de la legalidad de la presencia de personal armado en la parte alta del valle bajo control georgiano: la parte abjasia mantenía que esos efectivos armados son tropas, por lo que su presencia constituye una violación del Acuerdo de Moscú de 1994, mientras que la parte georgiana afirmaba que son guardias fronterizos y reservistas locales, cuya presencia no está prohibida por el Acuerdo.